5. Gven Z-X1 + X2, where iid rvs X1,X2 each follows Poi(a 3). a. Find the...
Suppose Y-X1-X2 where X1, x2 are iid Poisson(11) (a) Show that Y has moment generating function My (t) = e11(ette-t-2) (b) Even though you can do it from other results, use the mgf in (a) to find Var(Y).
Delta Theorem's application to MLES Suppose X1, X2, ... are iid Poi(). a. Find the MLE of h() = P(X = 0) b. Find its asymptotic distribution
1 [3]. Let X1,X2, X3 be iid random variables with the common mean --1 2-4 and variance σ Find (a) E (2X1 - 3X2 + 4X3); (b) Var(2X1 -4X2); (c) Cov(Xi - X2, X1 +2X2).
Suppose that (X1, X2,,,,Xn) are iid random variables. Find the maximum likelihood estimator of theta for the following distributions 1) Poi(theta) 2) N(Mu, theta) 3) Exp(theta)
3. Suppose X1, X2, , Xn are iid based on the random variable modeled by 2,0-1 (1-2)a-1 where 0 < x < 1 and α > 0 a. Find an equation that the MLE for a must satisfy. Note: You will not be able to explicitly solve for the MLE as in other problems b. If you are told E(X) = 2 and Var(X) = 8a14, example where someone might prefer the MME over the MLE find the MME for...
Suppose that X1, X2, ..., Xn is an iid sample, each with probability p of being distributed as uniform over (-1/2,1/2) and with probability 1 - p of being distributed as uniform over (a) Find the cumulative distribution function (cdf) and the probability density function (pdf) of X1 (b) Find the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of p. c) Find another estimator of p using the method of moments (MOM)
11. Let Z = (X1,X2, X3)T be a portfolio of three assets. E(X) 0.50. E(X2-1.5. E(X3) = 2.5, VAR(X)-2, VAR(X2)-3, Var(Xs)-5·PX1.x2-0.6 and X1 and X2 are idependent of X3 (a) Find E(0.3xi +0.3X2 +0.4X3) and Var(0.3X1 +0.3X2 +0.4Xs) (b) Find P[0.3X1 +0.3x2 + 0.4X3 <2). Since z-table isn't provided, just write down the (c) Find the covariance between a portfolio that allocates 1/3 to each of the three assets and a portfolio that allocates 1/2 to each of the first...
5.13. Suppose X1, X2, , xn are iid N(μ, σ2), where-oo < μ < 00 and σ2 > 0. (a) Consider the statistic cS2, where c is a constant and S2 is the usual sample variance (denominator -n-1). Find the value of c that minimizes 2112 var(cS2 (b) Consider the normal subfamily where σ2-112, where μ > 0. Let S denote the sample standard deviation. Find a linear combination cl O2 , whose expectation is equal to μ. Find the...
Suppose X1, X2, , Xn is an iid sample from a uniform distribution over (θ, θΗθ!), where (a) Find the method of moments estimator of θ (b) Find the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of θ. (c) Is the MLE of θ a consistent estimator of θ? Explain.
1. (Wasserman: Exercise 3.8.24) Let X1, X2,..., Xn be IID Exponential(B). Find the moment generating func- tion (MGF) of Xi. Prove that Σ¡_1 Xi ~ Gamma(n,d),